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A Decade of Progress in Critical Care Echocardiography

1 May, 2019 | 07:16h | UTC

A decade of progress in critical care echocardiography: a narrative review – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

Should all ICU physicians know basic CCE?
Narrative review by @AVBmir @Echotrainer et al on the progress of critical care echocardiograhy (CCE) during the last decade.
Available at https://t.co/K9N4yGXT3M @ClinMedJournals @Dr_Cit @ESICM @pbhjortrup pic.twitter.com/vSWe8Ml5hl

— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) April 25, 2019

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach to Infectious Diseases in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

1 May, 2019 | 07:22h | UTC

Diagnostic and therapeutic approach to infectious diseases in solid organ transplant recipients – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Wed May 1 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 May, 2019 | 10:01h | UTC

1 – Diagnostic and therapeutic approach to infectious diseases in solid organ transplant recipients – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

2 – A decade of progress in critical care echocardiography: a narrative review – Intensive Care Medicine (free)

3 – Two weeks versus four weeks of antibiotic therapy after surgical drainage for native joint bacterial arthritis: a prospective, randomised, non-inferiority trial – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (free)

Commentary: Shorter Treatment Succeeds in Septic Arthritis – RheumNow (free)

4 – Risk‐reducing medications for primary breast cancer: a network meta‐analysis – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Medicines to prevent breast cancer in women at above-average risk of developing breast cancer – Cochrane Library (free)

5 – Opinion: How to Make Doctors Think About Death – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

“End-of-life treatment guidelines would help families, physicians and nurses confront the inevitable with care and compassion.”

6 – Is It Time for Safeguards in the Adoption of Robotic Surgery? – JAMA (free for a limited period)

“To date, most studies demonstrating potential benefits of robotic-assisted surgery have been small, single-centered reports without rigorous controls.”

7 – Clinical Update: Active Surveillance of Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer – JAMA (free for a limited period)

“Individuals should also be aware that there are currently no head-to-head randomized trials that compared active surveillance of low-risk thyroid cancer with thyroid surgery, and that there remain uncertainties related to the risks and benefits of each approach.”

8 – Alex Nowbar’s research reviews, 30 April 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

9 – Perioperative Fluid Therapy for Major Surgery – Anesthesiology (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

10 – Effect of Initial Management With Aflibercept vs Laser Photocoagulation vs Observation on Vision Loss Among Patients With Diabetic Macular Edema Involving the Center of the Macula and Good Visual Acuity: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Patients With Good Vision and Diabetic Macular Edema Involving the Center of the Macula: To Treat or Not to Treat? (free)

Commentary: Watchful waiting reasonable for patients with diabetic macular edema and good vision – NIH News Releases (free)

See also: Visual Abstract

Randomized Trial: Two Weeks vs. Four Weeks of Antibiotic Therapy for Native Joint Bacterial Arthritis

1 May, 2019 | 07:12h | UTC

Two weeks versus four weeks of antibiotic therapy after surgical drainage for native joint bacterial arthritis: a prospective, randomised, non-inferiority trial – Annals of Rheumatic Diseases (free)

Commentary: Shorter Treatment Succeeds in Septic Arthritis – RheumNow (free)

Meta-Analysis: Risk‐reducing Medications for Primary Breast Cancer

1 May, 2019 | 07:10h | UTC

Risk‐reducing medications for primary breast cancer: a network meta‐analysis – Cochrane Library (free)

Summary: Medicines to prevent breast cancer in women at above-average risk of developing breast cancer – Cochrane Library (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

New @CochraneBCancer Review – Risk-reducing medications for primary breast cancer https://t.co/NOidQ4HrhV 6 studies enrolling 50,927 women. Specialized method, network meta‐analysis, allowed comparison of medications never directly compared to each other in a study.

— The Cochrane Library (@CochraneLibrary) April 30, 2019

Opinion: How to Make Doctors Think About Death

1 May, 2019 | 07:07h | UTC

Opinion: How to Make Doctors Think About Death – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

“End-of-life treatment guidelines would help families, physicians and nurses confront the inevitable with care and compassion.”

Opinion: Is It Time for Safeguards in the Adoption of Robotic Surgery?

1 May, 2019 | 07:05h | UTC

Is It Time for Safeguards in the Adoption of Robotic Surgery? – JAMA (free for a limited period)

“To date, most studies demonstrating potential benefits of robotic-assisted surgery have been small, single-centered reports without rigorous controls.”

Alex Nowbar’s research reviews – 30 April 2019

1 May, 2019 | 07:02h | UTC

Alex Nowbar’s research reviews, 30 April 2019 – The BMJ Opinion (free)

Perioperative Fluid Therapy for Major Surgery

1 May, 2019 | 07:00h | UTC

Perioperative Fluid Therapy for Major Surgery – Anesthesiology (free)

Source: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter

Clinical Update: Active Surveillance of Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer

1 May, 2019 | 07:04h | UTC

Active Surveillance of Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Randomized Trial Evaluates Watchful Waiting for Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema and Good Vision

1 May, 2019 | 06:58h | UTC

Effect of Initial Management With Aflibercept vs Laser Photocoagulation vs Observation on Vision Loss Among Patients With Diabetic Macular Edema Involving the Center of the Macula and Good Visual Acuity: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (free for a limited period)

Editorial: Patients With Good Vision and Diabetic Macular Edema Involving the Center of the Macula: To Treat or Not to Treat? (free)

Commentary: Watchful waiting reasonable for patients with diabetic macular edema and good vision – NIH News Releases (free)

Tue April 30 – 10 Stories of The Day!

30 Apr, 2019 | 02:51h | UTC

1 – Report: No Time to Wait: Securing the future from drug-resistant infections – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: New report calls for urgent action to avert antimicrobial resistance crisis – World Health Organization (free)

Commentary: UN report calls for urgent action against antimicrobial resistance – CIDRAP (free)

2 – Unscheduled Procedural Sedation: A Multidisciplinary Consensus Practice Guideline – Annals of Emergency Medicine (free)

3 – Heart failure in chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference – Kidney International (free) (via @paomorejon)

4 – Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors in Child and Adolescent Health, 1990 to 2017: Findings From the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2017 Study – JAMA Pediatrics (free)

Commentaries: Childhood mortality declining globally but disability on the rise – Reuters (free) AND Child and adolescent deaths decreased by half worldwide since 1990 Journalist’s Resource (free)

5 – Association Between Peripheral Neuropathy and Exposure to Oral Fluoroquinolone or Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Therapy – JAMA Neurology (free for a limited period)

Editorial: On the Association Between Fluoroquinolones and Neuropathy (free)

Related: Committee Recommends New Restrictions on the use of Fluoroquinolones (free report and commentaries)

6 – Restrictive strategy versus usual care for cholecystectomy in patients with gallstones and abdominal pain (SECURE): a multicentre, randomised, parallel-arm, non-inferiority trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Applying Strict Criteria for Gallbladder Removal Doesn’t Improve Pain – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

7 – Effects of repeat prenatal corticosteroids given to women at risk of preterm birth: An individual participant data meta-analysis – PLOS Medicine (free)

Source: EvidenceAlerts

“Our findings suggest that to provide clinical benefit with the least effect on growth, the number of repeat treatment courses should be limited to a maximum of three and the total dose to between 24 mg and 48 mg.”

8 – Statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: an overview of systematic reviews – BMJ Open (free)

Commentary: NNT with statins is 400 for lower risk eligible patients, researchers estimate – Pulse (free)

9 – Effect of Gastric Residual Evaluation on Enteral Intake in Extremely Preterm Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Pediatrics (free for a limited period)

10 – Release of “13 Reasons Why” associated with increase in youth suicide rates – NIH News Releases (free)

Original Study: Association Between the Release of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why and Suicide Rates in the United States: An Interrupted Times Series Analysis – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Related Study: Internet Searches for Suicide Following the Release of “13 Reasons Why” (free study and commentaries)

“NIH-supported study highlights the importance of responsible portrayal of suicide by the media.”

Guideline: Unscheduled Procedural Sedation

30 Apr, 2019 | 02:47h | UTC

Unscheduled Procedural Sedation: A Multidisciplinary Consensus Practice Guideline – Annals of Emergency Medicine (free)

WHO Report: Urgent Action Needed to Avert Antimicrobial Resistance Crisis

30 Apr, 2019 | 02:49h | UTC

Report: No Time to Wait: Securing the future from drug-resistant infections – World Health Organization (free PDF)

News Release: New report calls for urgent action to avert antimicrobial resistance crisis – World Health Organization (free)

Commentary: UN report calls for urgent action against antimicrobial resistance – CIDRAP (free)

KDIGO Controversies Conference: Heart Failure in Chronic Kidney Disease

30 Apr, 2019 | 02:44h | UTC

Heart failure in chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference – Kidney International (free) (via @paomorejon)

Study: Fluoroquinolones Associated with Peripheral Neuropathy

30 Apr, 2019 | 02:40h | UTC

Association Between Peripheral Neuropathy and Exposure to Oral Fluoroquinolone or Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Therapy – JAMA Neurology (free for a limited period)

Editorial: On the Association Between Fluoroquinolones and Neuropathy (free)

Related: Committee Recommends New Restrictions on the use of Fluoroquinolones (free report and commentaries)

Randomized Trial: Restrictive Strategy vs. Usual Care for Cholecystectomy in Patients with Gallstones and Abdominal Pain

30 Apr, 2019 | 02:38h | UTC

Restrictive strategy versus usual care for cholecystectomy in patients with gallstones and abdominal pain (SECURE): a multicentre, randomised, parallel-arm, non-inferiority trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Applying Strict Criteria for Gallbladder Removal Doesn’t Improve Pain – NEJM Journal Watch (free)

Related Commentary on Twitter

NEW Research—Restrictive strategy versus usual care for cholecystectomy in patients with #gallstones and #abdominalpain (SECURE): a multicentre, randomised, parallel-arm, non-inferiority trial https://t.co/kRMnZScaM9 pic.twitter.com/pdrzLLnZs8

— The Lancet (@TheLancet) April 29, 2019

Global Burden of Diseases Study: Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors in Child and Adolescent Health

30 Apr, 2019 | 02:42h | UTC

Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors in Child and Adolescent Health, 1990 to 2017: Findings From the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2017 Study – JAMA Pediatrics (free)

Commentaries: Childhood mortality declining globally but disability on the rise – Reuters (free) AND Child and adolescent deaths decreased by half worldwide since 1990 – Journalist’s Resource (free)

Relate Commentary on Twitter

Our latest study, "Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors in Child and Adolescent Health, 1990 to 2017," was just published in @JAMAPediatrics. Read the full study online: https://t.co/3K0l08WzpF pic.twitter.com/TIRksZBiD6

— Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) (@IHME_UW) April 29, 2019